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- 1 February 1986: New Jersey Network is the first to screen the package of five surviving Patrick Troughton stories:
Five stories, 30 episodes (also in "movie length" omnibus editions):
| TT | The Dominators | 5 |
| UU | The Mind Robber | 5 |
| WW | The Krotons | 4 |
| XX | The Seeds of Death | 6 |
| ZZ | The War Games | 10 |
- In its omnibus form, The War Games is issued as a two-parter (episodes one to five, six to ten).
- 1986: The NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who screens.
- By May 1986, the BBC buys all the shares in Lionheart Television Inc. The BBC had owned only 2%, the other 98% split 50/50 between Western World TV and Public Media Inc. Lionheart was clearing a profit of US$1million per year.
- 8 May 1986: Setting off from Washington DC, with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the Doctor Who USA Tour begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 181 markets where Doctor Who is screened across America will be visited.
- DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR ITINERARY:
- May to August 1986: In its first leg, the tour visits (in no particular order) New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maine, with Peter Davison in attendance.
- During September 1986, Tom Baker and Colin Baker visit (in no particular order) Washington DC, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York.
- September 1986 to February 1987: The Tour visits (in no particular order) New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Maryland, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and DisneyWorld, with Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton taking part at various legs of the journey.
- From February 1987, Pertwee is joined by new Doctor Sylvester McCoy, visiting (in no particular order) Georgia, Minnesota, and Massachusetts.
- 1987-1988: The Tour is renamed the Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88.
- August to December 1987: The Tour travels westwards, calling in at (in no particular order) Washington state, Iowa (with Janet Fielding), California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Pertwee, McCoy and Janet Fielding attend.
- May 1988: The tour ends, having visited some 181 locations over two years.
DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR WEB SITES:
- DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR OVERVIEW
- DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986 1
- DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986, 2
- DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR, 1986
- DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR in ALABAMA, February 1987
- USA TOUR IN IOWA REPORT
- July 1986: By the middle of the year, 112 stations (both commercial and PBS) have purchased the series, with an estimated daily audience of 10 million across the country.
- August 1986: After 23 issues, the US Marvel comic is cancelled due to falling sales.
- August to December 1986: Ballantine Books publishes US editions of the six Make Your Own Adventure books that had been published by Severn House in the UK, re-branding them as Find Your Fate books. New covers are painted by Gail Bennett. They retail for $2.50.
- 1986: The North American Doctor Who Appreciation Society (NADWAS) winds up.
